‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Celeste and Sydney Corcoran -

Celeste and Sydney Corcoran posed together on Boylston Street for the first time since the bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon. Mother and daughter both suffered grevious injuries in the terrorist attack.

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‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Michael Bourgault -

"Every day my wife and I try to move on with our lives. We try to get back to where we were before this terrible incident took place after 36 years of marriage."

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‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Celeste Corcoran -

"My message is 'Still Standing.' I wrote 'Still Standing' because the bombers hurt me - they took my legs - but I can still stand on them," says Cocoran of Lowell, Mass.

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‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Dave Fortier -

In memoriam of Lu Lingzi. August 17, 1989 - April 15, 2013.

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‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Elizabeth Bermingham -

In memoriam of Sean Collier. January 3, 1986 - April 18 2013.

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‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Roseann Sdoia -

"I think it's part of our therapy to get through what happened to us," says the Boston resident. "I feel like it was supposed to happen. I feel like my life was supposed to change."

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‘Dear World’: Boston Marathon survivors return to finish line

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Allison Elliot -

"It was important for me to depict strength and power in the picture as well, but limit my face because the image is for all Bostonians," says Elliot of Boston.